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The French policeman, Arnaud Beltrame, who voluntarily swapped places with a hostage during a siege on a supermarket in the town of Trebes will be remebered in a national tribute to be held at a later date. The gendarme died on Friday as a result of his bullet injuries.

"He fell as a hero, giving up his life to halt the murderous rampage of a jihadist terrorist," President Emmanuel Macron said in a statement shortly before dawn on Saturday. He "deserved the respect and admiration of the whole nation."

French police have detained a 17-year-old in connection with the probe into the terror attack that killed four people, including Beltrame.

The man is a friend of Friday's attacker, identified by prosecutors as Redouane Lakdim, a 25-year-old Moroccan-born French national. Lakdim was killed in a shootout at the supermarket.

Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said on Friday another person, a woman close to Lakdim, was taken into custody over alleged links to the terror attack. Molins didn't identify her.

Suspect killed after French police raid. Official figures are at three victims in total killed. ISIL has taken credit.

This could easily have been far worse, great counterterror response by French authorities.

Yes, a great response by obviously well trained men. A definite counterpoint to those politicos, and others, who like to make jokes about the French military which have always made me uncomfortable. The men and women of the French Armed Forces and police forces clearly do not deserve that disrespect.